Mg. Pogue et Dh. Janzen, A REVISION OF THE GENUS OBRIMA WALKER (LEPIDOPTERA, NOCTUIDAE), WITH A DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES FROM COSTA-RICA AND NOTES ON ITS NATURAL-HISTORY, Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 100(3), 1998, pp. 566-575
The genus Obrima Walker contains three species of essentially Neotropi
cal distribution: Obrima pyraloides Walker, distributed from Mexico to
Paraguay; Obrima rinconada Schaus from Guatemala and Mexico, to south
western United States in Arizona and southwestern Texas; and Obrima cy
mbae Pogue, n. sp,, known only from Costa Rica. Obrima pyraloides was
reared on Lonchocarpus minimiflorus Donn., Lonchocarpus phlebophyllus
Standley and Steyerm., and Lonchocarpus orotinus Pittier (Fabaceae), w
hile Obrima cymbae was reared on Lonchocarpus orotinus.